Ancient mite caught hitching ride on spider

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 19:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Sticky amber caught a 49-million-year-old hitchhiker in action. This hitchhiker happened to be a tiny mite, catching a ride on the back of a spider.

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